Sweet, glorious cocktails

Golden West Café (pictured), in Hampden, known more for its Southwestern-inspired slow food (and I mean slooooooow), has a smoke-free bar in back. Their beer selection is great and rotates frequently, but their cocktails are where it’s at. My favorite is the Trolley Car, made with Captain Morgan, Cointreau, sweet and sour, rimmed with cinnamon sugar and fresh lemon. But then again, I’m a sucker for almost anything with cinnamon sugar.

Captain Larry's, down in South Baltimore, has their famous Dark and Stormy. The Dark and Stormy is made from Barritt's ginger beer and Gosling's Black Seal rum. I like this drink a lot; however, I’m a bigger fan of its impossible-to-find-in-Baltimore cousin the Moscow Mule (vodka, ginger beer and lime, served in a copper mug). You find that drink in Baltimore; you’ve made a new friend in me.

If you imbibe as much as I do, you’re going to have a few hangovers. And if you, like me, think the hair of the dog that bit you is the best way to get over them, I’ve got some good news.